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Hi everyone!

I hope you people can help me out at a problem I am stuck with:

Homework Statement



Find the peak voltage across the capacitor "C"

All variables given and an image of the circuit are:

  • http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/580/photo2fsc.jpg
  • The circuit is connected to an AC battery of 25V labeled as "U" in the diagram.
  • Lightbulbs "L1" and "L2" use 5.5 W each
  • Lightbulbs "L3" and "L4" use 2 W each
  • All bulbs will light up if they each receive 4.5V (thats exactly how the question states it)
  • Resistance across point "A" and "B" is 5.4 Ohm

2. The attempt at a solution

To be honest - I don't even know where to start this problem. The only thing which I thought to do is to calculate the peak voltage of the battery. Which is 35.36V. The next step I thought to do is to calculate the voltage across the bulbs - however I don't have any current value.

Any breadcrumbs to get me started would be great.
 
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Do they give you the capacitance?